Nikhil Rangnekar joins Lodestar UM as media consultant

Nikhil Rangnekar has come on board Lodestar UM as media consultant. As per his LinkedIn profile, Rangnekar joined the agency in August 2016.

He was previously working with Spatial Access as Joint CEO and was heading the media vertical. He had joined Spatial Access in June 2011 and quit the agency almost five years later in April 2016. At Spatial Access, he was responsible for leading the media audit and advisory service, product development, new business development, capability building and efficiency improvement.

He had joined Starcom in 1997, where over the next 14 years he grew from a Management Trainee to Executive Director. Starting as a novice, he was heading the entire West operations of Starcom when he left in 2011. In his tenure at Starcom, he had worked with marquee clients like P&G, Coca Cola, Heinz, Balsara, and Fiat, among others.

Rangnekar, over his 19 years in the industry, has evolved into a seasoned media professional, specialising in the areas of Media strategy, Analytics and Audits.